Roy Cooper
Template:Short description Template:Other people Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox officeholder Roy Asberry Cooper III (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell;<ref name=pronunciation>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn born June 13, 1957) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 75th governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 50th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017 and served in the North Carolina General Assembly from 1987 to 2001.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Born and raised in Eastern North Carolina, Cooper graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 1979. He began his career as a lawyer and in 1986 was elected to represent the 72nd district in the North Carolina House of Representatives. In 1991, he was appointed a member of the North Carolina Senate, a position he held until 2001. He was elected North Carolina Attorney General in 2000 and reelected in 2004, 2008, and 2012, serving for nearly 16 years, the longest tenure for an attorney general in the state's history.
Cooper defeated Republican incumbent Pat McCrory for the governorship in a close race in the 2016 election.<ref name=forgov>Template:Cite news</ref> This election made Cooper the first challenger to defeat a sitting governor in the state's history. Cooper was reelected in 2020 against the Republican nominee, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Republican-dominated legislature passed bills in a special session to reduce the power of the governor's office before he took office, but Cooper continued to emphasize increases in education and healthcare funding throughout his tenure, culminating in successful negotiations of statewide Medicaid expansion.
In July 2025, Cooper announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in the 2026 election.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Early life and education
Roy Asberry Cooper III was born in Nashville, North Carolina, on June 13, 1957, to Beverly Thorne (Template:Née) (1929–2013), a teacher, and Roy Asberry Cooper II (1927–2015), a lawyer and Democratic Party operative who was a close advisor to Jim Hunt; he later co-chaired Hunt's successful 1976 gubernatorial campaign.Template:Sfn<ref name="ouhgo4">Scott, Broughton Name Nash Campaign Leaders. The Nashville Graphic. February 22, 1968.</ref><ref>Cooper, Siler Will Direct Hunt Drive In Nash County. Rocky Mount Telegram. January 22, 1988.</ref> He is a descendent of Marcom Cooper, who served as a grand juror and as a petit juror during the American Revolutionary War.<ref name= ncssar/> Cooper is the brother of district court judge Pell Cooper.<ref name= ncssar/> He attended public schools and worked on his parents' tobacco farm during summers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He attended Northern Nash High School, where he was an athlete, a participant in Boys State, and a member of student government.<ref name= telegram/> During his senior year, he was selected to represent Nash County in the Youth Legislative Assembly.<ref name= telegram>Two Students To Represent Nash County. Rocky Mount Telegram. January 7, 1975.</ref> He graduated in 1975.Template:Sfn
Cooper received the Morehead Scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his undergraduate studies. As an undergraduate at UNC, he was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity and was elected president of the university's Young Democrats.<ref name= camp>Template:Cite news</ref> He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1982.Template:Sfn
Early career
While Cooper was still in law school, then-Governor Jim Hunt appointed him to the State Goals and Policy Board, an advisory group that sought to achieve long- and short-range goals and policies for the state.<ref>Governor names four to N.C. policy board. The News and Observer. UPI. August 8, 1979.</ref> He was the youngest person ever to serve on the board.<ref>Nashville Youth Named To State Policy Board. The Nashville Graphic. August 14, 1979.</ref> Hunt also appointed Cooper to the Interim Balance Growth Board and the North Carolina 2000 Commission.<ref name="tob5">Faircloth Names Cooper Area Campaign Chairman. Rocky Mount Telegram. September 29, 1983. p.1.</ref> He was also a member of the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce and UNC-Chapel Hill's Board of Visitors.<ref name="er5o3">Cooper elected to Bar Association's board. The Nashville Graphic. July 15, 1999.</ref>
In 1982, Cooper joined the law firm Fields, Cooper & Henderson in Nashville, North Carolina, the same firm his father had been a founding member of.<ref>Attorneys at Law. Rocky Mount Telegram. February 17, 1983.</ref><ref>Cooper challenging N.C. Rep. Barbee. Rocky Mount Telegram. October 31, 1985.</ref><ref>Cooper Is Named Partner. Rocky Mount Telegram. February 3, 1985.</ref> Three years later, he was named a partner in the firm.<ref>Cooper named partner in area legal offices. The Nashville Graphic. January 31, 1985.</ref> In 1984, Cooper served as the Rocky Mount and Nash County chairman of Lauch Faircloth's unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign.<ref name="tob5"/>
State legislature
On November 19, 1985, Cooper filed to run for the North Carolina House of Representatives in the 72nd district.<ref>Murchison, Ken (November 20, 1985). Roy Cooper will challenge Rep. Barbee. Rocky Mount Telegram</ref> He challenged 12-term incumbent Allen Barbee in the Democratic primary and ran on a campaign of supporting agriculture and resolving a school merger dispute in Nash County.<ref>Cooper backs plan. December 20, 1985.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Cooper won the primary with 76% of the vote to Barbee's 24%, including more than a six times gap in votes for Nash county (5,966 vs 884), and he was unopposed in the general election.<ref>Several candidates for state House may call for primary runoff races. News and Record. May 9, 1986.</ref><ref>Conger, Elaine (May 7, 1986). Brown winner over Hawkins. Rocky Mount Telegram.</ref>
Cooper continued to practice law while serving in the legislature.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The nonpartisan North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research ranked him the most effective freshman representative.<ref>Roy Cooper seeks third term. Rocky Mount Telegram. January 3, 1990.</ref> In January 1989, he joined Republicans and 20 other dissident Democrats to unseat Speaker Liston B. Ramsey in favor of Josephus Mavretic,<ref name= jallow>Template:Cite web</ref> who appointed Cooper chair of the House Judiciary Committee, of which he had been a member during his first term.<ref>Hoskinson, Charles (January 24, 1989). Roy Cooper III lands Judiciary chairmanship. Rocky Mount Telegram.</ref> Cooper also voted with all House Republicans and 15 Democrats in favor of an unsuccessful attempt to amend the constitution to grant the governor veto power over legislation.<ref name= anderson1>Template:Cite news</ref>
In February 1991, after State Senator Jim Ezzell was killed in a car crash, Cooper was appointed to the Senate to serve the remainder of Ezzell's term representing the 10th district, which encompassed parts of Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, and Wilson Counties.<ref>House Member Resigns To Fill Senate Seat. The Charlotte Observer. February 21, 1991.</ref><ref name="biwbre">Cooper honored as distinguished young as alumnus. Rocky Mount Telegram. December 22, 1996.</ref> In 1995, Cooper negotiated a compromise bill to schedule a referendum to amend the constitution and grant the governor veto power.<ref name= anderson1/> In July 1997, he was elected Majority leader of the Senate upon Richard Conder's abrupt resignation.<ref>Cooper to lead Democrats. The Charlotte Observer. July 17, 1997.</ref> During his last term in the Senate, he was elected to the North Carolina Bar Association's Board of Governors, a position he held until June 2002.<ref name="er5o3"/>
Cooper's record in the legislature included implementing penalties for minors who bring guns to school, making public records more accessible, toughening the state's open meetings law, and giving the governor more veto power.<ref name="biwbre"/>
North Carolina Attorney General
Elections
In January 2000, Cooper filed with the state Board of Elections to launch a campaign for North Carolina attorney general.<ref>Metrick, Gene (January 11, 2000) Cooper files for attorney general post. Rocky Mount Telegram</ref> In the November general election, he defeated Republican lawyer Dan Boyce and Reform Party candidate Margaret Palms.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He took office on January 6, 2001, and was reelected in 2004. He was easily reelected in 2008, defeating Republican Bob Crumley and garnering more votes than any other statewide candidate that year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Cooper ran unopposed for a fourth term in 2012,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and received 2,828,941 votes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Both state and national Democrats attempted to recruit Cooper to run for governor in 2008,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the U.S. Senate in 2010,<ref>Charlotte Observer: AG Roy Cooper says no to Senate raceTemplate:Dead link</ref> and again for governor in 2012, but he declined each time.<ref name=WRAL>Template:Cite web</ref> A 2009 Public Policy Polling survey matching him against incumbent U.S. Senator Richard Burr showed Cooper leading Burr by four points.<ref>McArdle, John (April 20, 2009). No Time Frame for Cooper Senate Decision. RollCall.</ref>
Tenure
In 2001, Cooper initiated legislation that established new mentoring and tutoring programs for middle and high school students out on short-term suspension.<ref>Metrick, Gene (February 8, 2001). No time off for students on suspension. Rocky Mount Telegram</ref> Governor Mike Easley signed the bill in June of that year.<ref>Craig, Bill (June 13, 2001). New law keeps suspended in class. Rocky Mount Telegram.</ref>
In 2002, a controversy arose after the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles was accused of covering up the speeding citation issued for Democratic U.S. House candidate James Ferguson during the 2000 campaign, and the North Carolina Republican Party called on Cooper to launch an investigation.<ref>Ellison, Quintin and Wall, Sandy (March 29, 2002) GOP scrutiny challenges loyalty to the Democrats. Asheville Citizen-Times.</ref> Faced with potential fallout for investigating members of his own party, Cooper called on federal prosecutors to convene an investigative grand jury, arguing that they had powers to compel testimony not available to the state.<ref>Griffin, Anna (May 25, 2002). DMV supervisor gone after lawsuit. The Charlotte Observer.</ref><ref>U.S. joins in probe of DMV scandal. Winston-Salem Journal. May 24, 2002.</ref>
In January 2007, when Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong asked to be recused from dealing with the Duke lacrosse case, Cooper's office assumed responsibility for the case. On April 11, 2007, after revelations of Nifong's withholding of evidence, fabrications, and other ethics violations, Cooper dismissed the case against the Duke lacrosse team players, taking the extraordinary step of declaring them "innocent" and victims of a "tragic rush to accuse".<ref>Citing 'Tragic Rush,' Prosecutor Clears Duke Players Template:Webarchive NPR.</ref> The decision won him bipartisan praise.<ref name= camp/>
Days after the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, Cooper created the Campus Safety Task Force to analyze school shootings and make policy recommendations to help the government prevent and respond to them. The task force delivered its report in January 2008. After the release of its findings, Cooper assisted members of the North Carolina General Assembly in passing a law that required court clerks to record involuntary commitments in a national gun permit database.Template:Sfn
After a 2010 decision by a three-judge panel to exonerate Gregory Taylor, who had served nearly 17 years for the first-degree murder of Jaquetta Thomas, Cooper ordered an audit after it was learned that officials at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation forensic lab had withheld information.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This suppression of evidence had contributed to Taylor's conviction for murder. The audit was released in 2010; it found that it had been common practice for two decades for a select group of agents at the State Bureau of Investigation to withhold information.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In addition, they did not keep up with scientific standards and the latest tests. The two investigators, Chris Swecker and Micheal Fox, cited almost 230 cases tainted by these actions. Three people convicted in such cases had been executed; 80 convicts were still in prison. A massive state effort was undertaken to follow up on their cases.
In 2011 Cooper argued his first case before the United States Supreme Court, J. D. B. v. North Carolina, a case related to Miranda rights in juvenile cases.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Court ruled 5–4 against North Carolina.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2014, after a major coal ash spill in the Dan River, then-Governor Pat McCrory accused Cooper of politicizing the incident after Cooper criticized Duke Energy, the company responsible for the spill.<ref>Frazier, Eric (March 13, 2014). McCrory: Don't politicize ash spill. The Charlotte Observer.</ref> McCrory later accused Cooper of "fighting against" efforts to clean up the spill, a claim WRAL-TV called "nonexistent".<ref>Binker, Mark (September 18, 2016). McCrory says Cooper 'fought cleanup' of coal ash. WRAL-TV</ref>
Governor of North Carolina
Elections
2016
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Cooper ran for governor of North Carolina in the 2016 election against incumbent Republican Pat McCrory.<ref name=forgov/> In March 2016, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act—commonly known as "House Bill 2"—which McCrory signed into law.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Numerous corporations began boycotting the state in protest of the law, cancelling job investment and expansion plans.Template:Sfn Cooper denounced the law as unconstitutional and refused to defend it in court in his capacity as attorney general.Template:Sfn
As a result of the economic damage the law caused, McCrory's approval rating fell dramatically in the months before the election.Template:Sfn When initial election results showed Cooper leading, McCrory claimed without evidence that the election had been manipulated by voter fraud. Recounts resulted in slightly higher margins of victory for Cooper,Template:Sfn and after an extended legal battle, McCrory conceded the election on December 5.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Out of 4.7 million total ballots, Cooper won by 10,227 votes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020
Template:Main On December 5, 2019, Cooper announced his candidacy for reelection.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He won the November 3 election, defeating Republican nominee Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest 51.52% to 47.01%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Transition
Dismayed by Cooper's win, in late 2016 the General Assembly passed special legislation before he was inaugurated to reduce the power of the governor's office.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In what The New York Times described as a "surprise special session", Republican legislators moved to strip Cooper's powers before he assumed the governorship.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Throughout December, Cooper oversaw an attempt to repeal the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act. The repeal attempt failed after a deal between state Republican and Democratic lawmakers and Charlotte officials fell apart.
Tenure
Cooper was sworn in as governor on January 1, 2017, in a small ceremony. His planned public inauguration was canceled due to a snowstorm.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
After taking office, as of January 6, 2017, Cooper requested federal approval for Medicaid coverage expansion in North Carolina.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Effective January 15, a federal judge halted Cooper's request, an order that expired on January 29.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In his first months in office, Cooper focused on repealing the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act. After long negotiations with Republican state legislators, Cooper agreed in late March to sign a law prohibiting North Carolina cities from passing local ordinances pertaining to public accommodations or employment practices for three years in exchange for the reversal of the facilities act.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On May 9, 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Cooper to a commission tasked with reducing opioid addiction.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
After the U.S. Supreme Court declared North Carolina's legislative maps unconstitutional,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Cooper called for a special redistricting session on June 7, 2017,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but the House and Senate canceled the session, calling it unconstitutional.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On June 29, Cooper signed the STOP Act, an overhaul of the prescribing and dispensing regulations of opioids.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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On July 1, Cooper signed into law a bill that allows alcohol sales after 10 AM on Sundays, nicknamed the "Brunch Bill".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On July 11, he signed "Britny's Law", which makes homicide first-degree murder if the killing was committed with malice and the defendant has been convicted of domestic violence or stalking the victim. He also signed bills to allow domestic violence protective orders granted by a judge to fully go into effect even when they are under appeal and to expand the state's "revenge porn" law from cases involving former lovers to those involving strangers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On July 12, Cooper signed a bill that would add lessons on what to do when pulled over by law enforcement to the state's driver's education curriculum. The bill passed both chambers unanimously.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On July 26, 2017, Cooper signed a bill to mount cameras on school buses in order to discourage drivers from illegally passing stopped buses.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On August 31, 2017, he declared a state of emergency due to plummeting gas supply,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which was rescinded on September 18.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Fellow Appalachian governors elected Cooper co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission for 2019, making him the first North Carolina governor to co-chair the ARC since Jim Hunt in 1978.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2018 elections, the Republican Party lost seats in the General Assembly, ending its supermajorities in both houses and rendering it unable to override gubernatorial vetoes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On March 6, 2019, Cooper proposed a $25.2 billion budget for the year. It included salary increases for public school teachers and state workers, expansion of Medicaid, and a $3.9 billion bond (subject to a referendum) to help fund school construction and local infrastructure projects. Cooper said that he was confident he could get the legislature, without enough Republican members to override a veto, to implement some of his ideas.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On February 11, 2020, Cooper announced the creation of a Novel Coronavirus Task Force for North Carolina ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On March 10, Cooper declared a state of emergency after the seventh reported case was identified in the state.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Four days later, he issued an executive order banning gatherings of over 100 people, and closed all K-12 schools for two weeks.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In June, he imposed a statewide face mask requirement for all areas open to the public.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
It was speculated that Cooper might run for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Republican Richard Burr in 2022, but he announced in March 2021 that he would not.<ref>Murphy, Brian (March 11, 2021). Roy Cooper says no to 2022 Senate run. Raleigh News & Observer.</ref>
On March 27, 2023, Cooper signed into law landmark legislation expanding Medicaid after the Republican-controlled General Assembly passed the bill through both houses, despite almost a decade of GOP opposition. It is estimated that over 600,000 low-income North Carolinians will becomeTemplate:When? eligible for the state's Medicaid program.<ref name= robertson>Template:Cite news</ref>
After President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential election and Vice President Kamala Harris announced her presidential campaign in July 2024, Cooper was named as a possible running mate for her.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was reportedly seriously considered for the position and received vetting materials during the process,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but on July 29, he withdrew his name from consideration without giving a reason.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On December 31, 2024, a day before leaving office, Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 inmates on North Carolina's death row.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Cooper was succeeded by Josh Stein.
Vetoes
During his first two years in office, Cooper faced a Republican supermajority in the General Assembly capable of overriding his vetoes, thereby limiting his legislative influence.<ref name= hartman>Template:Cite news</ref> His first veto as governor was of a bill that would make elections to the North Carolina Superior Court and to the District Court partisan, after being conducted on a nonpartisan basis for many years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The House overrode the veto on March 22, 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Senate followed suit on March 23, resulting in the bill becoming law over Cooper's objection.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Cooper vetoed a bill on April 21, 2017, to reduce the size of the North Carolina Court of Appeals by three judges.<ref name=vetoes042117>Template:Cite web</ref> The veto was overridden on April 26.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also vetoed a bill on April 21, 2017, that would create a new State Board of Elections (and new county boards of elections) split evenly between the Republicans and the Democrats. It would replace the longstanding system that gave the governor's party a majority on the board.<ref name=vetoes042117 /> Both houses of the legislature voted to override the veto on April 24 and 25.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Cooper also vetoed a bill that would limit individuals' ability to sue hog farms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The legislature also overrode this veto.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On June 27, Cooper vetoed the proposed state budget, which he had called "irresponsible" the day before.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In his veto message, he cited the budget's income tax cuts and argued it "lacks structural integrity by failing to account for population growth, inflation and looming federal reductions, by using one-time revenue for recurring expenses, and by adopting a tax plan that will cause the state to fail to fund promised teacher salary increases in future years". He said the proposed bill included "provisions that infringe upon the governor's ability to faithfully execute the laws, including the administration of this Act, as required by the Constitution, and violating the separation of powers". The legislature overrode his veto the next day.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In July 2017, Cooper vetoed a bill to authorize nonprofit organizations to operate "game nights", saying it would unintentionally create a new opportunity for the video poker industry.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In December 2018, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill that would require new primary elections if a do-over election was called in the 9th district election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Cooper vetoed the bill due to a provision that made campaign finance investigations less public, but the General Assembly overrode his veto.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In total, during his first two years in office, Cooper vetoed 28 bills, 23 of which were overridden by the legislature.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As a result of the 2018 legislative elections, the Republicans lost their supermajority in the General Assembly, thus giving Cooper and legislative Democrats more leverage in legislative negotiations.<ref name= hartman/>
In May 2019, Cooper vetoed a bill that proposed punishments in the form of prison time and fines against physicians and nurses who do not resuscitate newborns that survive an abortion.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> He said that the "bill is an unnecessary interference between doctors and their patients"<ref name="Cooper-veto">Template:Cite web</ref> and that laws "already protect newborn babies".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2026 U.S. Senate candidacy
Template:Main On July 28, 2025, Cooper announced that he would run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina in 2026, seeking to succeed Republican incumbent Thom Tillis, who had announced his retirement earlier that month.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Personal life
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Roy Cooper is married to Kristin Cooper (née Bernhardt), who worked as a guardian ad litem for foster children in Wake County.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They have three daughters, who all graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Cooper has taught Sunday school classes, serving as a deacon and elder at White Memorial Presbyterian Church,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and is an avid fan of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He became a member of the Sons of the American Revolution in 2018.<ref name= ncssar>Template:Cite web</ref>
Cooper accepted a teaching position at Harvard University after his term as governor ended.<ref>Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to teach at Harvard University https://www.wxii12.com/article/north-carolina-gov-roy-cooper-teach-harvard-university/63696761</ref>
Pronunciation of surname
In 2023, Cooper said that his last name should actually be pronounced Template:IPAc-en, with the letters "oo" resembling the "oo" sound in "foot", as opposed to the more frequently used Template:IPAc-en, which most people have called him for many years. He explained that the former is a local pronunciation of "Cooper" in Eastern North Carolina, where he grew up in Nash County, and his name was always said this way until he went to college. He said that he is fine with people using the more common pronunciation.<ref name=pronunciation/>
Publications
Articles
Electoral history
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